SYNTHESIZING POLITICS, RATIONALITY AND ADVOCACY: ENERGY POLICY ANALYSIS FOR MINORITY GROUPS

Family policy and minority groups: Unanswered questions

Family policy is receiving much attention these days. Because the growth of single-parent families has proceeded at an accelerated rate among some minority groups, several papers focused on such trends as the growing proportion of poor children, the feminization of poverty, the increase in out-of-wedlock births, the rising unemployment rate and weakening attachment to the labor force of black m...

Minority women and advocacy for women's health.

US minority health issues involve racial/ethnic disparities that affect both women and men. However, women's health advocacy in the United States does not consistently address problems specific to minority women. The underlying evolution and political strength of the women's health and minority health movements differ profoundly. Women of color comprise only one quarter of women's health moveme...

Advocacy and Competition Policy

The Politics and Analytics of Health Policy

Let us start with an example of health policy analysis in action. Within that category of countries loosely known as ‘the West’, quite basic differences exist in attitudes to health policy and also actual health policy. Comparing the US with mainland Europe and indeed Canada, for example, one perceives a difference in attitude on the part of the majority towards collectivism and individualism i...

Advocacy for youth mental health in Europe: a policy analysis

Background: According to both the WHO Europe and the European Commission, youth mental health is a key area of concern in Europe. Fifty-two European countries signed a declaration and action plan for mental health at the Helsinki Conference in January 2005, with youth mental health a top priority. Methods: This paper reviews the theory, research, and practice on the topic in the WHO European Re...